Castration induced pain in pigs and other livestock

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 214-225

  Rault, Jean Loup ^a,b   Lay, Donald C ^a   Marchant, Jeremy N ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Castration; Cattle; Pain; Pigs; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CASTRATION; HORMONE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MEAT; POLICY MAKING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; UNGULATE; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 80053033876     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.10.017     Document Type: Article

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